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Navola
by Paolo Bacigalupi
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was... something. Reviews called it a mix of Game of Thrones and the Godfather. I've never seen the Godfather but I can say this book was the political fantasy of Game of Thrones ramped up to eleven.
Without the fantasy element.
Sure, there's a dragon eyebut it spends like 95% of the book just sitting there. That's it. It's fantasy Italy with politics and a lot, lot, lot of Italian and Latins words. Like an unnecessary amount.
Beyond that, this book is very slow. Action shows up in the middle of the book and then goes away and we're back to slow. Part four is where most of the action happens and it's roughly only one hundred of the five hundred pages of this book. I almost gave up but I wanted to know what happens with Celiaand the answer is, she just disappears. So who knows what happened to her.
Whether I pick up the sequel remains to be seen. If it's as long as this one, probably not.
Without the fantasy element.
Sure, there's a dragon eye
Beyond that, this book is very slow. Action shows up in the middle of the book and then goes away and we're back to slow. Part four is where most of the action happens and it's roughly only one hundred of the five hundred pages of this book. I almost gave up but I wanted to know what happens with Celia
Whether I pick up the sequel remains to be seen. If it's as long as this one, probably not.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence